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MIButterfly

(3,134 posts)
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 03:03 PM Feb 2026

I remember when the Cubs were down three games to one in the 2016 World Series.

People were coming up to me at work expressing their condolences (my reputation as a Cubs fan preceded me!). I told them not to fear, that I was old enough to remember the 1968 Tigers World Series where they lost the first game; won the second; lost the third and fourth; and came back to win the fifth, sixth and seventh and so shall the Cubs. I never doubted it for a minute.

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I remember when the Cubs were down three games to one in the 2016 World Series. (Original Post) MIButterfly Feb 2026 OP
Prior to that I saw a Cubs fan all decked out in Cubbie stuff. GreenWave Feb 2026 #1
Love it! MIButterfly Feb 2026 #3
No. The Lions cannot win a Super Bowl JPPaverage Feb 2026 #4
Magic rain 🌧️ questionseverything Feb 2026 #2
I grew up Cubs in Illinois and moved to Cleveland as an adult. I loved both teams. When someone asked me "what Capt. America Mar 8 #5

GreenWave

(12,795 posts)
1. Prior to that I saw a Cubs fan all decked out in Cubbie stuff.
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 03:08 PM
Feb 2026

I was wearing my St. Louis Blues hoodie. We looked at each other and laughed. I said, why don't you guys win that WS and my guys will get inspired and hoist the Cup. They happened albeit a few years apart.

MIButterfly

(3,134 posts)
3. Love it!
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 03:14 PM
Feb 2026

I always tell my friends who are Lions fans, "If the Cubs can win the World Series, the Lions can win the Super Bowl." It's just a matter of time.

JPPaverage

(641 posts)
4. No. The Lions cannot win a Super Bowl
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 01:16 PM
Feb 2026

The Lions, the Browns, the Jaguars. They will never win a Super Bowl.

Go Cubs go.

Capt. America

(2,582 posts)
5. I grew up Cubs in Illinois and moved to Cleveland as an adult. I loved both teams. When someone asked me "what
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 02:25 AM
Mar 8

would you do if they met in the World Series?" I said "that will never happen".....

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